Pokemon Go players explain how to play

The new app Pokemon Go is attracting people all over the nation. Some players were gathered in Nash Square in downtown Raleigh, N.C., on the morning of July 11, and explained how to play the game. Nintendo's first major foray into the mobile app s

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The new app Pokemon Go is attracting people all over the nation. Some players were gathered in Nash Square in downtown Raleigh, N.C., on the morning of July 11, and explained how to play the game. Nintendo's first major foray into the mobile app s

Sprint partners with Pokémon Go creator

Sprint on Wednesday announced a partnership with the developer of Pokémon Go in a bid to pull fans of the popular location-based game into more than 10,500 of its stores in the United States.

Beginning Monday, Pokémon Go players can go to Sprint, Boost, and Sprint at RadioShack locations to recharge phones, get data plans, collect in-game items, including Poké Balls and eggs, and battle with their favorite characters, Sprint said in a news release.

The blockbuster game developed by Niantic, in which Japan’s Nintendo has a large stake, uses augmented reality and global positioning system mapping to make animated characters appear in the real world. Players see creatures overlaid on the nearby landscape that they see through a mobile phone camera.

Niantic said Overland Park-based Sprint is its first U.S. partner for Pokémon Go.